How MLive analyzed DeVos family's $90.9 million in annual donations

The IRS 990 tax returns from 2013 for the five DeVos family foundations.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Nearly half of $90.9 million the DeVos family gave away through their five family foundations in 2013 supported education efforts. This category includes public and private universities and Christian and public K-12 schools, and organizations that provide educational services. Overall, the family says its donations fall into four broad categories: education, health and community, arts and culture, and church and faith-based groups. In an effort to understand how the DeVos family characterized its giving in 2014

, MLive analyzed IRS filings of the family's 2013 charitable donations, the most current record publicly available. The IRS records are being shared in the databases below to demonstrate how 567 donations were categorized, using guidelines provided by family spokesman John Truscott. The databases include recipients, recipient location, donation amount and category for each of the five family foundations. Although the family is also widely known for its support of conservative political candidates and issues, these IRS 990-based figures do not include political contributions. However, a portion of the philanthropic giving shown here is to conservatively aligned institutions, such as think tanks. MLive's analysis showed $60 million, or nearly 66 percent, of the family's 2013 donations went to organizations in Michigan, with the majority staying in the Grand Rapids area. Categorization is complicated by dozens of organizations with a dual mission. For example, Christian Learning Center, which operates as CLC Network, in Wyoming, Michigan, is a organization that provides consultation and trains non-public schools and churches to help them serve people with disabilities. In this case, MLive selected the category education as best describing the organization's primary purpose. Health and community is a category that showed the biggest range of programs, from donations to youth organizations like the Boys & Girls Club to political think tanks like the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. Based on MLive's analysis of the family's 2013 giving, 48 percent of donations were spent on education, 27 percent on health and community services, 13 percent on church and faith-based organizations, and 12 percent on arts and culture. For more information, search the databases below by recipient name, foundation or category.